Success is Based on Total Package

"Ultimate success neither comes with nor rides on your next achievement. Feelings of success come with the whole of your efforts, your beliefs, your experiences, your life. Success is based on the total package, not the ribbon on the package."

-- David Niven

No Age Restrictions on Success

"But there are no age restrictions on success. It takes as long as it takes, and when you reach it, you won’t reject success because you’re not the right age for it."

-- David Niven

Choose A Future That Fits

"Realize who you are—what your true personality is—and choose a future that fits it."

-- David Niven

Take Joy From the Process

"Take joy from the process, and use the small successes to fuel your continued efforts."

-- David Niven

How To Make Progress

"Since you will spend most of your time trying to make progress, you must enjoy what you are doing in order to finish."

-- David Niven

Take Your Goal One At A Time

"Take your goals one at a time, and appreciate the process as you move forward. Otherwise you won’t."

-- David Niven

You Have To Work Piece by Piece

"Pursuing your goals is much like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. While you ultimately seek the final outcome, you still have to work piece by piece."

-- David Niven

You Got To Make It Happen

"If you want to do it, you have to really want it and believe in it. You have to make it happen. You can’t sit back and hope that someone is going to help you along."

-- David Niven

Feelings of Competence First

"Don’t wait for your next evaluation to improve your judgment of yourself, because feelings are not dependent on facts—and feelings of competence actually start with the feelings and then produce the competence."

-- David Niven